Søre Repøya is the largest and southern island of the two

Repøyane Repøyane is the name of two islands off Orvin Land at Nordaustlandet, Svalbard. The two islands, Nordre Repøya, Nordre and Søre Repøya, are located at the northern side of Glenhalvøya, at the mouth of Duvefjorden. The two islands are separated ...

, off

Orvin Land Orvin Land is the land area of the northeastern part of Nordaustlandet, Svalbard, east of Duvefjorden, including the lower part of Austfonna. The area is named after geologist Anders Kristian Orvin. Orvin Land is bordered by Prins Oscars Land ...

Nordaustlandet Nordaustlandet (sometimes translated as North East Land) is the second-largest island in the archipelago of Svalbard, Norway, with an area of . It lies north east of Spitsbergen, separated by Hinlopen Strait. Much of Nordaustlandet lies under l ...

, Svalbard. The island rises to a plateau of up to 240

m.a.s.l. Height above mean sea level is a measure of the Vertical position, vertical distance (height, elevation or altitude) of a location in reference to a historic mean sea level taken as a vertical datum. In geodesy, it is formalized as ''orthometric h ...

It is separated from

Glenhalvøya Glenhalvøya is a peninsula in Orvin Land at Nordaustlandet, Svalbard, between Finn Malmgren Fjord and Duvefjorden. It is named after Arctic explorer Alexander Richard Glen. The island of Søre Repøya is separated from the peninsula by the st ...

by the sound

Gilessundet Gilessundet is a sound that separates Glenhalvøya from Søre Repøya, off Orvin Land at Nordaustlandet, Svalbard. The Gilessundet sound has a width of about one nautical mile. It is named after Dutch navigator Cornelis Giles Cornelis Giles (in D ...

, and from

Nordre Repøya Nordre Repøya is the northern island of the two Repøyane, off Orvin Land at Nordaustlandet, Svalbard. The island rises to a height of 230 m.a.s.l. It is separated from Søre Repøya Søre Repøya is the largest and southern island of the two R ...

by the sound

Poortsundet Poortsundet is a sound that separates Nordre Repøya from Søre Repøya, off Orvin Land at Nordaustlandet, Svalbard Svalbard ( , ), also known as Spitsbergen, or Spitzbergen, is a Norwegian archipelago in the Arctic Ocean. North of mainla ...

. The island is named after Dutch whaler Outger Rep van Ootzaan.

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